Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
644.34.09
644.34.09 Euphorbia lathyris
Dutch: kruisblad wolfsmelk.
Content: linoleic acid, b-sitosterol, n-hentriacontan, daphnetin, aesculitin, acid, asparaginic acid, glutaminic acid, alanin, gamma amino butyric acid, inositol.
Mind
Delirium and hallucinations.
Stupor, coma.
Worse from injustice but cannot talk about it.
Ailments form abuse of power.
Modalities.
Weather: < cold air; > closed room.
Sweat: profuse; cold, clammy, forehead, < diarrhoea.
Sleep: Restlessness at night. Sleep disturbed, anxious dreams.
Physical: < touch, > sweet-oil application.
Body
Fever: temperature increased.
Vertigo; going to delirium.
Eyes: almost closed from oedema of lids.
Nose: inflamed tip; very sensitive and oedematous mucous membranes with ulcer.
Face: ruddy glow on cheeks; death-like pallor.
Mouth: tongue coated, slimy; acrid taste.
Lungs: laboured breathing; breath cold, musty odour; cough hacking, as from inhalation of sulphur; like whooping-cough, ending in diarrhoea and vomiting, with sleepiness between each paroxysm.
Heart: weak and fluttering heart-action; pulse 120, full, pounding, somewhat irregular.
Stomach: nausea and violent vomiting of copious clear water, intermingled with white, gelatinous lumps.
Rectum: drastic purging; obstinate constipation; stool white, transparent, gelatinous mucus, with blood; diarrhoea, with cold sweat.
Urinary: urine copious flow of urine.
Male: scrotum inflammation, deep acrid ulcers, intense itching and burning, < touch, < washing.
Limbs: body stiff; rheumatic pains during rest; paralytic, weakness in joints.
Skin: erythema, burning, raw, shining, glossy, rough, red, puffed, oedematous; burning, stinging, smarting; face, uncovered parts, extending into hair parts, spreading over whole body; < touch, < cold air, > close room, > sweet-oil applications; fine bran-like desquamation; suppurating, in spots; deep, ragged ulcers; gangrene; vesicles; sensation of cobwebs.